{"id":280087,"date":"2026-06-27T21:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/280087\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T21:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:50:18","slug":"how-to-get-access-to-prime-viewing-areas-for-4th-of-july-fireworks-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/280087\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get access to prime viewing areas for 4th of July fireworks in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to guarantee you get the best view of the 2026 Macy&#8217;s Fourth of July Fireworks Show in New York City, here&#8217;s your chance.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor&#8217;s office announced Friday they are giving away 100,000 free tickets for prime viewing areas at Brooklyn Bridge Park and the South Street Seaport in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>How to enter the NYC July 4th fireworks ticket lottery<\/p>\n<p>The tickets are being distributed through an online public lottery that opened Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>You can access the lottery by visiting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/july4.events.nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">july4.events.nyc<\/a>\u00a0and clicking on &#8220;Join the Lottery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You then have to enter your phone number, first and last name, and email address, and click &#8220;Enter Lottery.&#8221; You will receive an email confirming your entry.<\/p>\n<p>The lottery closes at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, June 29.<\/p>\n<p>When will I know if I won the July 4th fireworks lottery?<\/p>\n<p>Winners will be notified by email between Tuesday, June 30, and Thursday, July 2. If you win, you will have a limited amount of time to claim your tickets and register.<\/p>\n<p>Each winner can claim up to four tickets. You will need to provide names and phone numbers for each guest who will be accompanying you.<\/p>\n<p>Children under the age of 2 do not need a ticket.<\/p>\n<p>If you win and successfully claim your tickets, you will receive an email on Friday, July 3, with more information on where and when to arrive for the show.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on prohibited items and wheelchair-accessible viewing zones, visit the FAQ section of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/july4.events.nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">july4.events.nyc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you need a ticket to watch the July 4th fireworks in NYC?<\/p>\n<p>If you are not one of the lucky winners, there will be public viewing areas along the FDR Drive in Manhattan. You will not need a ticket to enter those viewing areas.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be non-ticketed viewing areas across the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey, at the following access points:<\/p>\n<p>York &amp; Hudson\u00a0Grand &amp; Hudson\u00a0Essex &amp; Hudson\u00a0Washington &amp; Dudley      (Paulus Hook Section)\u00a0Colgate Clock\u00a0Columbus &amp;      Hudson\u00a0Hudson &amp;      Harborside\u00a02nd &amp; Hudson\u00a0ADA accessible viewing      is available at 70 Hudson St. at the Hudson River Walkway\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 50th Macy&#8217;s Fourth of July Fireworks show starts at 9:25 p.m. on Saturday, July 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you want to guarantee you get the best view of the 2026 Macy&#8217;s Fourth of July Fireworks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[99675,8406,66958,9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":["post-280087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-4th-of-july","tag-fireworks","tag-july-4th","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}